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TIL Diamonds are relatively abundant but their price is high due to artificial supply restrictions

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BW4d TIL coconuts actually do migrate, traveling thousands of miles by floating in the ocean until they land on distant shores.
mxPAM TIL Scientists discovered what they think are the world's oldest biological colours - they are bright pink. The pigments were discovered after researchers crushed 1.1billion year old rocks in the marine shale deposit beneath the Sahara desert.
Y71jd TIL learned why Scotts and other fertilizers are so expensive nowadays.
gM6lD TIL Oliver Sipple was former US marine who thwarted an assassination attempt on President Ford was outed as gay by Harvey Milk, despite his request to keep his sexuality private. As a result, Sipple was disowned by his family and eventually drank himself to death.
epxa4 TIL that in the Commonwealth of Virginia the Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation you can file a complaint against a professional wrestler, boxer, or martial artist, among other occupations.